Australian Government ICT Sustainability Plan
Resources
Australian Government
- Australian Governement Procurement Policy and Guidance
- Australian Government Data Centre Strategy 2010-2025
- Australian Packaging Covenant and Used Packaging NEPM
- e-Government Strategy
- Energy Efficiency in Government Operations
- Green ICT Quick Wins
- Green ICT Procurement Toolkit
- ICT Better Practice Checklists and Guides
www.finance.gov.au/e-government/better-practice-and-collaboration/better-practice-checklists/index.html - ICT Procurement in the Australian Government
www.finance.gov.au/procurement/ict-procurement - ICT Reform Program Projects
www.finance.gov.au/e-government/strategy-and-governance/ict-projects.html - National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme
- National Waste Policy
- Whole-of-government Procurement
Other resources
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The Green Grid - The Green Grid is a
global consortium of IT companies and professionals with a focus on
energy efficiency in data centres including development of common
metrics like PUE
www.thegreengrid.org -
ENERGY STAR - energy performance rating
system (and standards) for electronic equipment
www.energystar.gov -
EPEAT - ecolabelling program (aligned to
ISO14021) that meets the environmental standard required under ES1 of
the ICT Sustainability Plan
www.epeat.net -
Global Ecolabelling Network -
network of ecolabelling programs (aligned to ISO14024) that will be
considered for ES1 of the ICT Sustainability Plan
www.globalecolabelling.net -
OECD Information and Communications Policy
- international ICT information and reports from the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34223_1_1_1_1_1,00.html -
Green IT Review - the Green IT
Review has information, commentary and research on the latest in green
ICT and you can subscribe its free email newsletter
www.thegreenitreview.com -
Green IT: The Global Benchmark - a report providing insights into the maturity of Green IT in the US,
UK, India and Australia
https://www-s.fujitsu.com/au/whitepapers/greenit_global_benchmark.html -
Green ICT: The State of the Nation - independent research that found Australian Government ICT managers are
more concerned/ have greater awareness about climate change than other
ICT managers
https://www-s.fujitsu.com/au/whitepapers/greenict_sotn_form.html - UK Government ICT Strategy Resources - four strategies covering End User Devices, Greening Government: ICT, G-Cloud, ICT Capability. Agencies may find the best practice advice and actions Green ICT Workbook practical and helpful.
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/uk-government-ict-strategy-resources
Latest news & events
Implementation activities
Find out the latest on the implementation of the Plan including the development of guidance materials/fact sheets for agencies.
Guideline updated
The mandatory Environmental Standard 4 (ES4) Recycled content office copy paper has been recently updated. This update provides greater clarification of the recycled content paper requirements which apply to all FMA agencies from July 2015 onwards.
Guidance materials
A suite of ICT Sustainability Plan guidance materials (guidelines and fact sheets) is available to assist agencies and suppliers with implementation of the Plan.
Coordinated Procurement
Mandatory ICT coordinated procurement arrangements have been introduced by the Department of Finance and Deregulation in the past 12 months. Information can be found on their website.
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